tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post3118019665734836988..comments2017-12-13T20:47:32.016-05:00Comments on Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle: 1970 John Wayne western / TUE 10-8-13 / Old game consoles / As aside in chat lingo / play lazily as guitar / Med exam involving injection into forearm / 1976 horror film whose remake was released appropriately on 6/6/06 / Early Tarzan Ron / green thumb purple prose / Drama award since 1956Rex Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16145707733877505087noreply@blogger.comBlogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-5342827676247752742013-11-13T09:31:48.134-05:002013-11-13T09:31:48.134-05:00Promises promises was a sexy Jane Mansfield movie...Promises promises was a sexy Jane Mansfield movie<br />Talented star who died before her timeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-34669446136984198962013-11-12T18:40:10.216-05:002013-11-12T18:40:10.216-05:00Hand up for the Natick Corner. I suspect it&#39;s...Hand up for the Natick Corner. I suspect it&#39;s a generational thing, but I hate a DNF on Tuesday. Grrr. However, this puz is a thing of beauty. Clever, brisk, fun. Really enjoyed it (until I reached that wretched corner. HAR)<br /><br />@SIS Hawks looked Much better this week. This was a win they earned and deserved.<br /><br />A late postscript on yesterdays Blue Puzzle, (my ringtone) Rhapsody in Blue.<br /><br />Gingernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60738450852733181692013-11-12T17:56:00.737-05:002013-11-12T17:56:00.737-05:00I put thrum in right away. As a guitarist, I would...I put thrum in right away. As a guitarist, I would never say that strumming is lazy. Thrumming, however, is the lazy kind of stroking the strings with no sense of rhythm that newbies do. Never even considered strum as the answer.Singernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-46106740936507326982013-11-12T17:55:03.133-05:002013-11-12T17:55:03.133-05:00I put thrum in right away. As a guitarist, I would...I put thrum in right away. As a guitarist, I would never say that strumming is lazy. Thrumming, however, is the lazy kind of stroking the strings with no sense of rhythm that newbies do. Never even considered strum as the answer.Singernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-38780780716133832222013-11-12T16:38:51.510-05:002013-11-12T16:38:51.510-05:00Caught in the TIN(TIN) MONY nattick, otherwise qui...Caught in the TIN(TIN) MONY nattick, otherwise quite easy once 1A made sense. Certainly not the SAMEOLD SAMEOLD this Tuesday.<br /><br />Didn&#39;t we just have Dresden &amp; napalm? @Diri, you&#39;re bang-on about post-WWII Germany - my dad was with the British Control Commission from 1946-48 and we were posted just outside Münster. Many of my earliest memories are of absolute devastation, well over 60% of the city and environs having been leveled.<br /> <br />Waxy in Montrealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04395751487137805245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-84540013220197797182013-11-12T15:18:55.773-05:002013-11-12T15:18:55.773-05:00I read the clues and solve the puzzle in numerical...I read the clues and solve the puzzle in numerical order so I had enough crosses already in place to avoid the stRUM issue, but ETHos/ETHIC tripped me up for a while. I had trouble relating MONY MONY to Billy Idol because of what @spacecraft said. Did no one else try drawn for Being pulled at 22d? I think pretty much all of Germany had to be rebuilt after WWII, didn&#39;t it?Dirigonzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03903353503511480168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-60884564672507225412013-11-12T14:23:50.222-05:002013-11-12T14:23:50.222-05:00Once i realized the clue for 1A was not somehow fo...Once i realized the clue for 1A was not somehow fouled up, this puzzle became another Tuesday. Like others, I had to correct the strum/thrum thing, and ended with two blanks at the very end where three unknown, and unguessable(?) facts crossed each other. <br /><br />Enjoyed @Doris reminding me of a favorite poem, but unlike her, I learned OSTLER from doing crosswords. Must have been in the old Maleska days. <br /><br />@Bill C. Loved your pet wolf!<br />DMGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-4771718852706081492013-11-12T12:28:02.891-05:002013-11-12T12:28:02.891-05:00Aside from write-overs ETHOS, and STRUM, this was ...Aside from write-overs ETHOS, and STRUM, this was an easy and very enjoyable puzzle.<br /><br />@Ret. Chem. Just wondering when it would not be in bad taste to clue Steve Jobs. He IS Apple.<br /><br />@Spacecraft My memory tells me that it was the Smothers Brothers who did the Streets of LAREDO parody.<br /><br />Was there a Tarzan after Ron ELY?<br /><br />I think Tim Croce is a very versatile constructor: many stacked 15 puzzles, and this little beauty.rain forestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-71524258331749105442013-11-12T12:09:00.342-05:002013-11-12T12:09:00.342-05:00THRUM? I&#39;ve never heard a guitarist thrum. O...THRUM? I&#39;ve never heard a guitarist thrum. Or say &quot;thrum.&quot; Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-42419786208161036782013-11-12T10:53:43.576-05:002013-11-12T10:53:43.576-05:00Shame on you, cluemakers! [Will, I&#39;m looking a...Shame on you, cluemakers! [Will, I&#39;m looking at you!] This is the second time in three days you&#39;ve clued a song via its cover artist instead of the (much better, as always) original. MONY MONY was, of course, a hit for Tommy James and the Shondells--a band, I might add, that never got the full recognition its talent deserved, hit or no. Man, when that number started, you could NOT not-dance.<br /><br />I actually liked this one, despite having to fill in two (!) rappers. Luckily, they were short and came on crosses. Beside the incredible theme density, there were outlying repeated syllables: IDIOM SELDOM; DOS COSMOS MYTHOS.<br /><br />OSTLERS sans H I have not seen. Mayhap your horseman was Cockney? Hand up for stRUM. This puzzle evoked a ton of memories, including the incomparable Allan Sherman&#39;s takeoff on &quot;Streets of LAREDO:&quot;<br /><br />You can see by my outfit that I am a cowboy;<br />Get yourself an outfit and be a cowboy too.<br /><br />Too bad that all this had to include some iffy fill, especially EIEIO, &quot;dagnab it.&quot;<br />spacecraftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82662016186818783552013-10-14T08:40:31.739-04:002013-10-14T08:40:31.739-04:00Download 4 pics 1 word and enjoy it on your iPhon...Download 4 pics 1 word and enjoy it on your iPhone,iPad,iPod.Find out all the answers from the site 4pics1wordcheat.com <br /><a href="www.4pics1wordcheat.com/4-pics-1-word-answers-keywords" rel="nofollow">4 pics 1 word cheat</a><br /><a href="www.4pics1wordcheat.com/" rel="nofollow">4 pics 1 word answers</a><br /><a href="www.4pics1wordcheat.com/4-pics-1-word-answers-keywords" rel="nofollow">4 pics 1 word solver</a><br />sushil kumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375381745096279690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-31176250257570448232013-10-09T09:30:33.319-04:002013-10-09T09:30:33.319-04:00nice blog.
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In a nutshell, the higher the ratio, the higher this week&#39;s median solve time is relative to the average for the corresponding day of the week.<br /><br />All solvers (this week&#39;s median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Mon 6:06, 6:07, 1.00, 47%, Medium<br />Tue 8:15, 8:15, 1.00, 51%, Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Mon 3:44, 3:50, 0.97, 32%, Easy-Medium<br />Tue 4:49, 5:10, 0.93, 23%, Easy-Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-12172774106063115572013-10-08T21:25:45.857-04:002013-10-08T21:25:45.857-04:00Probably just me, but I was disappointed to figure...Probably just me, but I was disappointed to figure out the theme from my starting point at 1-Across (immediately confirmed by 1-Down in case there was any doubt). Might have been really interesting if the self-referential cues had been omitted entirely (e.g. clue for 1-Across would have been &quot;Toy train,&quot; etc.) plus a revealer for the theme, along the lines of SAY AGAIN (clue: &quot;Beg pardon? or a hint to 16 (!) answers in this puzzle&quot;)Tuesday afternoon QBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-66409285746225032922013-10-08T20:49:09.855-04:002013-10-08T20:49:09.855-04:00@mac - España still sounds lovely, especially this...@mac - España still sounds lovely, especially this time of year. I agree it&#39;s a country that loves its protein! I remember the Jamon Serrano...<br /><br />Puzzle felt easy, I guess knowing Fat Albert and Billy Idol was a good thing. Liked the outrage of thinking there was a typo on 1A, until I realized the theme. <br /><br />Hand up for stRUM. Did anyone think of THRUM first?<br /><br />@Z - don&#39;t laugh, but I do take note of your Detroit restaurant suggestions. So keep em coming!Milfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04923019988243284636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-39069510341545523892013-10-08T17:56:37.020-04:002013-10-08T17:56:37.020-04:00I&#39;m pretty sure that Tintin is one word, so th...I&#39;m pretty sure that Tintin is one word, so that slowed me down a bit.<br /><br />WilbeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-36563845487341566832013-10-08T17:10:18.263-04:002013-10-08T17:10:18.263-04:00@Gill and @Milford: I looked for that frog but it ...@Gill and @Milford: I looked for that frog but it was at night with lights all over the old part of Salamanca. Hungry and thirsty and rearing to go to the tapas party! About the Spanish oak and acorns: I saw many of them and many steers having a loverly time living there, but I never, ever saw a pig. They&#39;re on the menu everywhere, though. I&#39;m all done with that stuff. Want vegetables and a simple pasta, please....<br />machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794371617847975218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-30208261904108322732013-10-08T16:00:22.536-04:002013-10-08T16:00:22.536-04:00@Ray J -- Gordon&#39;s &quot;The Big Book of Hard ...@Ray J -- Gordon&#39;s &quot;The Big Book of Hard Daily Crosswords&quot; has 15 puzzles by Ms. Tracey. I got it at B &amp; N for $9.95.<br /><br />jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-50492644350381610302013-10-08T15:59:27.996-04:002013-10-08T15:59:27.996-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03385568014046336373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-63451339842989663412013-10-08T15:51:29.513-04:002013-10-08T15:51:29.513-04:00Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2...Midday report of relative difficulty (see my 8/1/2009 post for an explanation of my method and my 10/15/2012 post for an explanation of a tweak to my method):<br /><br />All solvers (median solve time, average for day of week, ratio, percentile, rating)<br /><br />Tue 8:18, 8:17, 1.00, 54%, Medium<br /><br />Top 100 solvers<br /><br />Tue 5:02, 5:10, 0.97, 38%, Easy-Mediumsanfranman59https://www.blogger.com/profile/15118732156312301425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-92034774989230326892013-10-08T15:38:27.053-04:002013-10-08T15:38:27.053-04:00Very cute puzzle! At first I thought it was just g...Very cute puzzle! At first I thought it was just going to be a few of these in the NW corner, not an entire theme of doubled/tripled words. Great idea and kudos to Tim Croce!<br /><br />I was hoping that &quot;twinkle&quot; might show up but I guess that&#39;s a bit too obvious, not to mention much harder to fit in the grid. As it is this was so packed full of theme that it was pushing the limits (WEE&#39;UNS ?). But it still had me smiling all the way through.<br /><br />@Bill C, still laughing at your &quot;Mio Lobo&quot;/pet wolf comment.ahimsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030154236751727722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-54945842398941247562013-10-08T15:36:33.161-04:002013-10-08T15:36:33.161-04:00These Tuesday puzzles are becoming cute in a Pugsl...These Tuesday puzzles are becoming cute in a Pugsly Adams sort of way.<br /><br />I have ISSUES with some of the fill but.... see sentence one above.<br /><br />🌟🌟🌟(3 Stars) Thanks Tim and I sure hope Acme does not Xerox your theme :) next week.dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317008233459295376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-29921485490599489832013-10-08T14:48:15.767-04:002013-10-08T14:48:15.767-04:00@acme - I looked it up and OSTLER is, indeed, a va...@acme - I looked it up and OSTLER is, indeed, a variant of hostler.<br /><br />@mac - your comment reminded me of listening to my mom speak to her mom on the phone when I was young. The conversation was in Spanish, and Mom spoke so quickly that I couldn&#39;t make out a single syllable of what she was saying. I always assumed my grandmother was speaking just as quickly and at the same time on the other end.Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16181544219511150272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-82111347971258312712013-10-08T14:33:44.001-04:002013-10-08T14:33:44.001-04:00HAR HAR was prescient bleedover from yeserday!
@r...HAR HAR was prescient bleedover from yeserday!<br /><br />@rex<br />The similar one you might be thinking of is my Lollapuzzoola one from two or three years ago? Fingers crossed that a version of that is not the one running next week or I&#39;ll be accused of copying Tim! Knot in stomach forming now.<br /><br />There is a sports columnist for the SF Chronicle Scott Ostler so was happy to learn that name derivation.<br /><br />But I don&#39;t think you&#39;re entirely wrong about the Inn thing, as Hostler, Hostel, Hotel, Hotelier are all related and the French do drop the S (and make that hat over the o) and the English do drop the H, as do Italians (think Homo, Uomo, homme) so OSTLER has got to mean inn at some point.<br />Of course, I say all this without simply looking it up! But I like to think about languages and spelling this way.Acmenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35115061.post-9834146003593725762013-10-08T14:21:34.585-04:002013-10-08T14:21:34.585-04:00Am I the only one who wonders what holiday &quot;L...Am I the only one who wonders what holiday &quot;Let it Snow (Let it Snow, Let it Snow)&quot; has to do with?Wall Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03366360658398926469noreply@blogger.com